A letter to the Facebook community standard review board.
So let me get this straight. To quote your community standards-
“ We also try to consider the language and context in order to distinguish casual statements from content that constitutes a credible threat to public or personal safety. In determining whether a threat is credible, we may also consider additional information like a person's public visibility and the risks to their physical safety.”
So what you’re telling me is that some computer saw “burn my house down” and took that as a threat. I can understand that, computers are dumb and maybe don’t take context into consideration. But THEN, some actual real life human read it, saw that if someone were to deliver a giant Furby to my home, I would then, disregarding all my worldly possessions and keepsakes, set fire to my abode in order to rid the world of said Furby. Then, UPON REVIEW, some moron took this as a credible threat. I mean. Good lord. What kind of dimwits are working for Facebook? Who in their right mind would genuinely take this as a threat of any sort? I’ve seen many people say the same thing about spiders or ghosts, BUT HEAVEN FORBID SOMEONE SAY IT ABOUT A GIANT ORANGE ANTHROPOMORPHIC FURBY! This is so wildly ludicrous that I’m having trouble actually processing that it’s a reality.
My suggestion is that Facebook unban me, fire whoever can’t distinguish blatant sarcasm (i.e.-Burning my house down on account of a mysterious Furby), and spend some more time reviewing their hiring process vs their banning process. Thanks for your time.
Sincerely hoping you fire that person,
James Erb
PS- Sorry I said “Fire that person”. That’s not a threat of arson against myself, another human, or Furbies. I meant the definition as “dismiss (an employee) from a job.”
PSS- By “dismiss”, I meant no threat towards the person involved, just simply to ask them to leave their place of employment and never come back. I hope my language is clear enough that someone can comprehend the message I’m trying to convey.
“ We also try to consider the language and context in order to distinguish casual statements from content that constitutes a credible threat to public or personal safety. In determining whether a threat is credible, we may also consider additional information like a person's public visibility and the risks to their physical safety.”
So what you’re telling me is that some computer saw “burn my house down” and took that as a threat. I can understand that, computers are dumb and maybe don’t take context into consideration. But THEN, some actual real life human read it, saw that if someone were to deliver a giant Furby to my home, I would then, disregarding all my worldly possessions and keepsakes, set fire to my abode in order to rid the world of said Furby. Then, UPON REVIEW, some moron took this as a credible threat. I mean. Good lord. What kind of dimwits are working for Facebook? Who in their right mind would genuinely take this as a threat of any sort? I’ve seen many people say the same thing about spiders or ghosts, BUT HEAVEN FORBID SOMEONE SAY IT ABOUT A GIANT ORANGE ANTHROPOMORPHIC FURBY! This is so wildly ludicrous that I’m having trouble actually processing that it’s a reality.
My suggestion is that Facebook unban me, fire whoever can’t distinguish blatant sarcasm (i.e.-Burning my house down on account of a mysterious Furby), and spend some more time reviewing their hiring process vs their banning process. Thanks for your time.
Sincerely hoping you fire that person,
James Erb
PS- Sorry I said “Fire that person”. That’s not a threat of arson against myself, another human, or Furbies. I meant the definition as “dismiss (an employee) from a job.”
PSS- By “dismiss”, I meant no threat towards the person involved, just simply to ask them to leave their place of employment and never come back. I hope my language is clear enough that someone can comprehend the message I’m trying to convey.